Alaska Teacher Certification

ALASKA TEACHER CERTIFICATIONS AT UAF

At the University of Fairbanks Alaska, we offer many online courses that are approved by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development as suitable for Alaska teacher certification. Whether you are gaining your Alaska teacher certification for the first time or need renewal credits, our course offerings can help.

Courses listed may not be available every semester; check our current semester course schedule for further scheduling information.

Alaska Studies

Course NumberCourse TitleSemester Credit

ANS 101

Introduction to Alaska Native Studies

3

ANS 111X

History of Colonization in Alaska

3

ANS 242X*

Native Cultures of Alaska

3

ANS 310

Indigenous Land Settlements

3

ANS/PS 325

Alaska Native Self Government

3

ANS/PS 425

Federal Indian Law and Alaska Natives

3

ANS 475

Alaska Native Social Change

3

ANTH 242X

Native Cultures of Alaska

3

ED 681*

Place-Based Education

3

ED 687

Alaska: Resources, People and Perspectives

3

GEOG 302

Geography of Alaska

3

HIST 110

History of Alaska Natives

3

HIST 115

Alaska, Land, and Its People

3

HIST/ACNS 461/661/662

History of Alaska

3

RD 110

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Claims in the 21st Century

1

RD 265

Perspectives on Subsistence

3

RD 465

Community Healing and Wellness

3

RD 470/670

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Pre‐1971 to Present

3

RD/CCS 612*

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

3

*This course may be used to satisfy either the Alaska Studies or Alaska Multicultural requirement (not both).

 

Multicultural Education

 
Course NumberCourse TitleSemester Credit

ANL 151

Interpretive Communications

3

ANS 350

Cross Cultural Communication: Alaskan Perspectives

3

ANS/ANTH 242*

Native Cultures of Alaska

3

ANS/ED 420/606

Alaska Native Education

3

ANS/ED 461

Native Ways of Knowing

3

ANS/RD 401

Cultural Knowledge of Native Elders

3

CCS/ED 610

Education and Cultural Processes

3

CCS/ED 611

Culture, Cognition and Knowledge Acquisition

3

CCS/RD 612*

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

3

CCS/ED 619

Cultural Atlases

 

CCS/ED 631

Culture, Community and the Curriculum

3

COJO 330

Intercultural Communication

3

COUN/PSY 660/661

Cross-Cultural Counseling

3

ED 456

Orientation to Teaching in Rural Alaska

3

ED 593

Core Practices in Place-based and Arts Integrated Teaching

3

ED 624

Foundations of Education in Alaska: From Segregation to Standards

3

ED 660

Educational Administration in Cultural Perspective

3

ED 681*

Place Based Education

3

ED 682

Rethinking Multicultural Education

3

EDSC 457/657

Multicultural Education and School-Community Relations

4

LING 450/650

Language Policy and Planning

3

* The following are courses from University of Alaska Fairbanks may be used to satisfy either the Alaska Multicultural or Alaska Studies requirement:  (ANS/ANTH 242, CCS/RD 612, or ED 681).  Please note:  If you use a course to fulfill the Alaska Multicultural requirement, you cannot use it to satisfy the Alaska Studies requirement as well.